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Re:Green hackers around the world, let’s destroy Bitcoin by inter_netuser on Sunday February 07, 2021 @07:04AM (#26054471)
It's valuable because of unforgeable costliness.

And to make it difficult to forge transactions it asks you provably(!) burn some electricity.

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Re:Green hackers around the world, let’s destroy Bitcoin by tsimionescu on Sunday February 07, 2021 @09:01AM (#26055070)
No, it's valuable because people trust that others will buy it. That trust is somewhat motivated by Satoshi's protocol, but it is much more motivated by simply seeing that others trust it.
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